fl. 1600s
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Juan Garrido
c. 1480–c. 1550
West Africa / Mexico
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Biography
A free African who joined Spanish expeditions across the Caribbean and Mexico, Garrido is credited with planting the first wheat crop grown in the Americas.
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1866–1955
c. 1770–c. 1832